2 Samuel 19:34:92 Sam.19.34.W9TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:35
אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
ethamelekh
“{direct object} the king”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ME-lekh
- Extended
- eht-hah-MEH-lehkh
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haˈmɛlɛx/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the king
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-ME-lekh
- phraseyour reading level
ki-e-E-le et-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-YO-mer bar-zil-LAI el-ha-ME-lekh kam-MA ye-MEI she-NEI kha-YAI ki-e-E-le et-ha-ME-lekh ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet-} precedes hammeleḵ {הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hammeleḵ} ‘the king’, and the goal is expressed by the place name yerûšālayim {יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם | yerûšālayim} ‘Jerusalem’. In translation, the Hebraic construct is smoothed for clarity while maintaining the rhetorical force of the original question.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־ךְ
“to reign; to rule”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:34
And Barzillai said to the king, “How many are the days of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 19:34, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ethamelekh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.19.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.34.W9.S1) and character.